Paper box.



Patented Feb. 5, 190i.

J. T. DRAW.

PAPER BOX.

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UNITED STATES PATENT JOSEPH T. CRAVV, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT P. BROWN AND EDWARD L. BAILEY, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 667,296, dated February 5, 1901.

Application filed November 1 1899. Serial No. 735,487. \No model.)

T at whom, it may concern: through a closed end of the box, the closing Be it known that I, JOSEPH T. ORAW, acitihaving been efiected after the manner shown zen of the United States, and a resident of Jerin Fig. 4. sey City, in the county of Hudson and State The box B is rectangular in cross-section 5 of New Jersey, have invented a new and useand is provided at both ends with sealing ful Improvement in PaperBoxes, of which the flaps or wings, including end Wings or flaps followingisafull,clear, and exactdescription. 11 and 11 and side flaps 12 and 12, and the My invention relates to that class of paper side flap 12 is usually narrower in a transboxes known as F siftless boxes and designed verse direction than is the corresponding flap [O to hold granulated sugar and like material. 12, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. A sealing- The object of the invention is to accomplish strip A is employed in connection with the a siftless sealing of the ends of the box in a box B and its flaps, and one of these strips is more expeditious and economic manner than used at each end of the box. The sealingheretofore. strip A is made of paper or of a similar ma- 15 The invention consists in the novel conterial of suitable thickness and is of such distruction and combination of the several mensions that it will engage with the inner parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, faces of the box where the flaps connect thereand pointed out in the claims. with or adjacent to such points, and a cement- Reference is to be had to the accompanying ing material or an adhesive liquid 10 is apzo drawings, formingapart of this specification, plied to the upper side of the strip. When in which similar characters of reference indithe box is empty, the sealing-strip is introcate corresponding parts in all the figures. duced at one end of the box and is conducted Figure l is a perspective View of a block to the other end, where it is to be applied; employed in connection with an empty box but after the box has received its contents the 25 when an end thereof is to be sealed and likesealing-strip is placed upon the exposed surwise a perspective view of the sealing-strip face of the said contents. used in connection with the end flaps or Wings When the box is empty and one end is to. of the box. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a be closed, a shaping-block O is employed, of box placed on the block shown in Fig. 1, the such dimensions and contourthat the box may 0 sealing-strip being in position and a portion be readily slipped over it and be maintained of a side of the box and one of the Wings or in the same position as though the box had flaps being broken away; Fig. Sisa perspecreceived its contents. When the box has tive View of the upper end of a box, illustratbeen slipped over the shaping-block, the flaps ing the sealing-strip in position and the end at one end extend above the block, while the 35 flaps or wings as folded over upon the sealflaps at the opposite end engage with the block,

ing-strip, the side Wing's or flaps being ready as shown in Fig. 2. to be carried over upon the end wings or flaps Whenever the end of an empty box is to be and a portion of the box and one of the side closed, the sealing-strip is placed upon the flaps being broken away. Fig. 4 is a perspecupper surface of the block 0, cementing-face 4o tive view of one end of a box, showing the upward. The body of the box B is next sealing-flap in position and the side flaps as slipped down over the block until the sealingcarried over upon the sealing-strip and the strip is brought in proper position relative to end flaps in position to be carried over upon the flaps, as shownin Fig. 2,wherenpon either the side flaps, one of the side flaps being the end flaps 11 and 11 are carried down upon 45 broken away and likewise a portion of the the sealing-strip A, as shown in Fig. 3, and

side of the box. Fig. dis a transverse secsubsequently the side flaps carried down in tion through a closed end of the box, the closadhesive engagement with the end flaps, as ing being accomplished in the manner shown illustrated in Fig. 5, or the side flaps l2 and in Fig. 3; and Fig. 6 is a transverse section 12 may be first turned down to an engagement with the sealing-strip A and next the end flaps 11 and 11 secured to the said flaps, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, and in either manipulation of the flaps the edges of the sealingstrip A are forced into binding engagement with the box, and the adhesive material carried by the sealing-strip is forced to the surface of the box with which the sealing-flap engages, thus closing any space that might otherwise exist where the sealing-strip and box engage and rendering the closed end of the box siftless, the connection being augmented or doubly secured by the closure of the flaps of the box upon each other over the sealing-strip.

I desire it to be understood that if in practice it is found desirable the flaps of a set may be of the same size throughout, It will be understood that the adhesive material may be applied to the outer set of sealing-flaps at their under faces or to the outer faces of the inner set of sealing-flaps, so that the two sets of flaps when folded may be firmly cemented together.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. As a new article of manufaetu re, a paper box provided with a sealing-stri p of a size to fit snugly in the box and having adhesive material upon its outer face, and having a sealing-flap portion of a size to fold over the sealing-strip on the outside thereof, and to entirely cover said strip so that its outer surface will be entirely invisible, whereby the flap portion of the box will be cemented to the outer face of the strip, the ends of the strip cemented to the body of the box, and the adhesive material forced into the spaces between the edges of the flap portion and the sides of the box, thus holding the flap portion in a folded position, and with the said strip closing the box in a manner to prevent sifting. 2. As an improved article of manufacture,

a paper box having outer and inner sealingflaps, the outer flaps being arranged to fold over the inner flaps, said flaps being together of such a size as to form a complete bottom for the box, an adhesive connection between the two sets of flaps, and a sealing-strip of a size to fit snugly within the box and provided with an adhesive material upon its outer face, which face is arranged for contact with the inner flaps, whereby said inner flaps will be cemented to the sealing-strip, the ends of the strip cemented to the body of the box and the adhesive material forced into any space that may exist between the edges of the strip and the sides of the box, thus holding the flaps in their folded pos tion, with the said strip closing the box in a manner to prevent sifting.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a paper box, provided with a sealing-strip of a size to fit snugly in the box and having adhesive material upon its outer face, and overlapping inner and outer sealing-flaps of a size to fold over the sealing-strip on theoutside thereof, and to entirely cover said strip, so that its outer surface will be entirely invisible whereby the flaps will be cemented to the outer face of the strip, the ends of the strip cemented to the body of the box, and the adhesive material forced into the spaces between the edges of the flaps and the sides of the box, thus holding the flaps in a folded position and with the said strip closing the box in a manner to prevent sifting. I

JOSEPH T. ORAW.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

